News in brief: British Airways lounge changes at Manchester Airport Whilst we wait for British Airways to move across to Terminal 2 at Manchester Airport, lounge provision in Terminal 3 is expected to .....

News in brief: British Airways lounge changes at Manchester Airport Whilst we wait for British Airways to move .....

8 Jun 20258 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 72 comments

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well as the latest reviews and features from the Head for Points team. If you are not a .....

Welcome to The Travel Brief, your weekly trade round-up of UK business travel and travel loyalty news as well .....

9 Jun 20259 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series – in fact, the last in the series – of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit .....

This is our review of the Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series – in .....

14 Jun 202514 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

This is our review of the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of articles looking at the major UK loyalty credit cards and discussing whether or not they are .....

This is our review of the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard credit card. It is part of our series of .....

8 Jun 20258 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 25 comments

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit card news, hints and tips. If you are not a subscriber, you can sign up to this free .....

Welcome to the Head for Points weekly newsletter, full of the latest Avios, travel loyalty and travel credit .....

7 Jun 20257 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

This is our review of the Nectar Credit Card from American Express. In January 2021, Avios and Nectar launched a partnership. You can transfer Nectar points into Avios – and vice versa – .....

This is our review of the Nectar Credit Card from American Express. In January 2021, Avios and Nectar launched .....

7 Jun 20257 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 4 comments

Hilton Honors has launched a new 100% bonus for buying 5,000+ Hilton Honors points. The offer runs to 24th July. If you’ve never bought hotel points, it can be a great deal. There’s an .....

Hilton Honors has launched a new 100% bonus for buying 5,000+ Hilton Honors points. The offer runs to 24th .....

14 Jun 202514 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

Accor Live Limitless has added tickets for more upcoming concerts at OVO Arena Wembley. The tickets give you access to the exclusive ALL Terrace, which I explained here. The current options are: You .....

Accor Live Limitless has added tickets for more upcoming concerts at OVO Arena Wembley. The tickets give you .....

13 Jun 202513 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

Opening new airport lounges is a long and painful process. Whilst the lounge operators are keen to roll them out as quickly as they can – and the demand is certainly there – it isn’t .....

Opening new airport lounges is a long and painful process. Whilst the lounge operators are keen to roll them .....

24 Jun 202524 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 33 comments

Delta Air Lines is known for being extremely stingy with premium cabin award space across the Atlantic, so a big seat drop yesterday is worth a look. It’s especially interesting because Delta .....

Delta Air Lines is known for being extremely stingy with premium cabin award space across the Atlantic, so a .....

24 Jun 202524 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 49 comments

In February 2022, Barclays launched two brand new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. If you don’t already have one, these cards should fundamentally change your Avios collecting .....

In February 2022, Barclays launched two brand new Barclaycard Avios Mastercard credit cards. If you .....

4 Jun 20254 June 2025 by Rob Burgess

This article looks at The American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex family which, in one scenario, can prove incredibly useful. One of the downsides of cancelling .....

This article looks at The American Express Rewards Credit Card. This is a little known member of the Amex .....

24 Jun 202524 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 38 comments

American Express has now officially released details of how you will earn tier points from your British Airways American Express Premium Plus card. We published most of this information over the .....

American Express has now officially released details of how you will earn tier points from your British .....

18 Jun 202518 June 2025 by Rob Burgess • 288 comments

This is the second part of the updated article we began 10 days ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero out’ loyalty card accounts which you want to abandon.  You need to remember that .....

This is the second part of the updated article we began 10 days ago, discussing the best ways to ‘zero .....

1 Jul 20251 July 2025 by Rob Burgess • 20 comments